Let me start off saying life at the moment is amazing. I have been really lucky to have made so many friends these last few months and I am so glad I have met them. But I am also sad because I am leaving very soon.
My friends have been completely supportive of my decision to go and I am so grateful for that, But not a lot of them are LDS and I don't think they completely relate to the magnitude of this for me. I am severely stressed but I don't really have any one to talk to about this kind of stuff because as I said before most of my friends are LDS or have served missions and don't completely understand why I am leaving in the first place.
Preparing for this mission has been stressing me out. a perfect example of how it has affected me, It is 1:30 am and I can't seem to sleep. But it has been like this for a while (about 5 days now). As the clock is ticking away I am starting to realize more and more that I will be leaving in 8 weeks. I am not just nervous or anxious, but...well I hate to admit it but im scared. I am afraid that I will get in over my head, that I wont be do a good job, that I will fail. I am not a quitter nor have I ever been, but I am afraid that if I go and find out this is more then I can bare I would still not come home even if I hated my mission, because I see thing till the end. Maybe I am making a bigger deal of this then it really is, but this Mission has all but consumed me.
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Bucket List
Ok I never actually sat down and made a list of things I want to do before I die. I have things i do want to do however so I think its long over due =) I am sure there will be more things to this list later on but for now 50 should do it.
1. Back pack Europe
2. Scuba Dive off the Great Barrier Reef
3. Visit The Vatican ( i love history and especially Roman History )
4. Drive Cost to Cost in a car
5. Participate in a Zombie Chase Marathon
6. Own one of these
7. Meet the creators of South Park
8. Go see the Broadway Musical "The Book of Mormon"
9. Go back to New York City and Go the 9/11 Memorial
10. Get into the Playboy Mansion
11. Drive on the Autobahn
12. Sail on the Mediterranean sea
13. Go surfing off the coast of South Africa
14. Go to live showing of the Colbert Report
15. Meet Stan Lee
16. Get Robert Downey Jr. Autograph
17. Have my portrait painted
18. Grow a beard
19. Learn to ballroom dance
20. see a full Solar Eclipse
21. spend Christmas on a beach
22. Go up in a hot air balloon
23. go into a crowded Elevator and say "I imagine you are all wondering why i gathered you here."
24. Get a shirt that says "life" and hand out lemons.
25. Learn a foreign language
26. make a float for a parade
27. Travel to Japan
28. Create a website (about what is yet to be determined)
29. Travel to Brazil
30. Get in the car and get completely lost
31. Get Married in a LDS Temple (but one out of the country like Spain, England, or Italy)
32. Go to and auction and bid on something (and of course win)
33. Volunteer at a Brest Cancer Awareness Marathon
34. Raise a Puppy that is less then one month old
35. Go to an actual Mardi Gras party in Atlanta
36. Go to a night club in New York, Los Angeles, Los Vegas, and Mimi
37. Go out of cage diving with sharks
38. climb and trek a glacier
39. Go to Hawaiian islands and tour the active Volcanos
40. Plant a garden and prepare my own meal
41. Attend an Opera
42. Attend the Olympics
43. Run with the bulls in Spain
44. Sky dive
45. Ride a horse again
46. Live off the land for 1 week
47. Write a book
48. Go to Alaska
49. Learn how do ride a Motor Cycle
50. Plant a tree.
1. Back pack Europe
2. Scuba Dive off the Great Barrier Reef
3. Visit The Vatican ( i love history and especially Roman History )
4. Drive Cost to Cost in a car
5. Participate in a Zombie Chase Marathon
6. Own one of these
7. Meet the creators of South Park
8. Go see the Broadway Musical "The Book of Mormon"
9. Go back to New York City and Go the 9/11 Memorial
10. Get into the Playboy Mansion
11. Drive on the Autobahn
12. Sail on the Mediterranean sea
13. Go surfing off the coast of South Africa
14. Go to live showing of the Colbert Report
15. Meet Stan Lee
16. Get Robert Downey Jr. Autograph
17. Have my portrait painted
18. Grow a beard
19. Learn to ballroom dance
20. see a full Solar Eclipse
21. spend Christmas on a beach
22. Go up in a hot air balloon
23. go into a crowded Elevator and say "I imagine you are all wondering why i gathered you here."
24. Get a shirt that says "life" and hand out lemons.
25. Learn a foreign language
26. make a float for a parade
27. Travel to Japan
28. Create a website (about what is yet to be determined)
29. Travel to Brazil
30. Get in the car and get completely lost
31. Get Married in a LDS Temple (but one out of the country like Spain, England, or Italy)
32. Go to and auction and bid on something (and of course win)
33. Volunteer at a Brest Cancer Awareness Marathon
34. Raise a Puppy that is less then one month old
35. Go to an actual Mardi Gras party in Atlanta
36. Go to a night club in New York, Los Angeles, Los Vegas, and Mimi
37. Go out of cage diving with sharks
38. climb and trek a glacier
39. Go to Hawaiian islands and tour the active Volcanos
40. Plant a garden and prepare my own meal
41. Attend an Opera
42. Attend the Olympics
43. Run with the bulls in Spain
44. Sky dive
45. Ride a horse again
46. Live off the land for 1 week
47. Write a book
48. Go to Alaska
49. Learn how do ride a Motor Cycle
50. Plant a tree.
Monday, May 14, 2012
It Only Gets Better!
Ok so it has been a while since I have blogged. Well lets get started by telling how I rocked my finals! I did a lot better then I expected. I got all A's with the exception of one B grade. But I still think I did really well for myself.
Now that school is all over for the next couple of years I have just been concentrating on my final days before I leave for my mission. I have been going out with many friends and dates.
One such evening in particular I want to talk about happened just this weekend. It started out at one of my favorite restaurants called "Robintinoes". After having some interesting, funny, and honest conversations we walked across the street to "Nielsens Frozen Custard" and had some amazing concreate shakes. After that we went back to her house and waited to go see "The Avengers" but before that I was convinced to do the "Napoleon Dynamite" dance which I have not done in years! But I have to say it was pretty fun =)
After hang out there for a while, we went to The Avengers and the movie was nothing short but amazing. I am kind of a comic book nerd and find that kind of stuff really interesting and cool. That movie was one of the best movies I have seen in a long time. It made more money its opening week then any other movie in history. I normally don't brag about how my dates go but that was quite literally a PERFECT night. I am just really glad to have met so many amazing and awesome people before I leave for my mission. I can only imagine it gets better from here on out =)
But now lets do an update on the Fish Tank!!!!!
this is a sponge. I call it spongebob =)
this is a Tuxedo Urchin, he wears shells and other things on him he finds in the tank.
Now that school is all over for the next couple of years I have just been concentrating on my final days before I leave for my mission. I have been going out with many friends and dates.
One such evening in particular I want to talk about happened just this weekend. It started out at one of my favorite restaurants called "Robintinoes". After having some interesting, funny, and honest conversations we walked across the street to "Nielsens Frozen Custard" and had some amazing concreate shakes. After that we went back to her house and waited to go see "The Avengers" but before that I was convinced to do the "Napoleon Dynamite" dance which I have not done in years! But I have to say it was pretty fun =)
After hang out there for a while, we went to The Avengers and the movie was nothing short but amazing. I am kind of a comic book nerd and find that kind of stuff really interesting and cool. That movie was one of the best movies I have seen in a long time. It made more money its opening week then any other movie in history. I normally don't brag about how my dates go but that was quite literally a PERFECT night. I am just really glad to have met so many amazing and awesome people before I leave for my mission. I can only imagine it gets better from here on out =)
But now lets do an update on the Fish Tank!!!!!
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